POV-TAG - The POV-Ray Technical Assistance GroupEstablished by the POV-Team (the current authors of the Persistence of Vision Raytracer) in late 1999, the TAG is made up of selected members of the POV-Ray user community. The purpose of the TAG is to aid the POV-Team in supporting users of POV-Ray around the world, using the collective knowledge of the group to answer users' POV-Ray questions and to bring POV-Ray related matters to the attention of the POV-Team as required.

Avi CreatorCreate AVI files from Bitmaps and cons instantly. You can now modify the scale/rate of your AVIs. Very simple and free to use.

AVIEDITTiny program to edit and build AVI's. Requires Video for Windows.

bmp2aviA program to transform BMP files generated by POV-Ray to a noncompressed AVI file. The main goal is the interlace option. Use 'Field_Render=On' and 'Odd_Field=On'. Then use BMP2AVI to correctly transform in an AVI file suitable for Premiere or other program. This program is intented (specially) for high resolution rendering for real video broadcast output.

BumperWill allow you to preview a series of images before compiling as animation

ppm2fli_2.0d and Unflickppm2fli generates FLI animation files form a series of images. Unflick is a utility to extract images from a FLI animation. The programs are written for UNIX like machines.

QuickTimeQuickTime 3.0 upgrade allows you to render QuickTime movies directly with POV. Also plays the new MPEG codec and plays AVI's as well. Upgrade to QT Pro for converting PICT and JPEG images into QuickTime movies. For the Mac OS

Smacker/Bink ToolsFree tool for making Bink (.bik) animations, converting between animation formats (.bik, .avi, .mpg) and between still formats (.bmp, .gif, .jpg etc.) and other things.

VideoMachVideoMach is a powerful audio-video builder and converter. Use it to construct video clips from still images, enhance your recorded material or convert video, audio and image files between many supported formats. VideoMach is the successor to Fast Movie Processor.

The Animation SystemNew Version of The Animation System. Now supports Waypoints. Kinda like Keyframes, but different.

AniTMTWith the help of AniTMT you can create and calculate computer animated films. Its main intention is to provide a powerful script language for doing that. It is supposed to both enable you to code animations as plain text and to provide an interface for the (further) development of software like GUI modellers. Currently supports POV-Ray output.

Dave G's POV-Ray Animation SystemDave G's Animation System (or DGAS) is a set of utility files for the Persistence of Vision raytracer. It allows you to easily include advanced animation techniques to your pov file. Last updtaed 1997.

Poet3-D Animation SystemPoet3-D is a freeware animation system which supports character animation, a click and drag interface, and real-time playback and editing via the OpenGL library. This system is designed to export to the Pov-Ray raytracer.

POV-Ray News Groups - news.povray.orgThese are the news groups hosted by the developers of POV-Ray. There are several different discussion topics including animation, unofficial patches, programming, general topics, unix, IRTC competition, and a group for posting of images for critique by other users. Once you have added the server to your list you will still need to subscribe to the individual groups. Be sure to stop first in the povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions group for info on group posting guidlines

Put your 3D images on photographic printsThis site is geared towards 'developing' digital images or photos. But what can be done is to submit your 3D rendered scene as a JPEG file and they will print it on photographic quality 4x6 prints. If you sign up soon, the first 100 4X6 prints are free.

The Internet Ray Tracing CompetitionThe Internet Ray Tracing Competition is an open competition. Deadline for still image submission is every two months, for animations, every three months. Participants may use any 3D rendering program they choose. If you want to see the best there is in 3D rendering and raytracing this is the place to go.

Maps of the Solar SysuemWelcome to the solar system surface map database, a NASA/JPL/Caltech spyglass on the cosmos. Select your planetary system of choice and download maps, or browse the surface features of your favorite planet or satellite!